Improvement in sad-irons and stands combined



UNITED STATES FREDERIOK MYERS,

or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS AND STANDS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,120, dated January 30, 1872.

Specification of a neW and Improved Combined Sad-Iron and Stand, invented by FRED- ERICK Mrnas, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York.

My invention consists in a combination of a stand With a sad-iron, the said stand being connected to the iron so as to be always with it and ready for use when required, the said stand being to hold the hot iron above the table, so as not to burn it, at such times during the using of the iron When it is necessary for the operator to set it down to adjust the cloths.

The accompanying drawing represents in perspective a sad-iron havingl a stand made separately from the iron and riveted to the heel or Wide end, so that the iron stands up. right on said end When resting on the stand, which consists of the legs A, for the end of the iron, and one, B, for the handle, connected by the bars O D of a triangular or approximately triangular-shaped frame, With bracket E extending under the end of the iron, each having a stud, F, on Which the end of the iron is seated, the said frame being also 'provided with projections G extending along the top side of the iron and riveted thereto. I do not, however, limit myself to a stand constructed and attached in this Way; nor do I limit myself to a stand made separately and attached, for it is obvious that the stands may be made in many difi'erent Ways; they may also be cast together With the iron, the Connections being formed in the casting. The essential object of my invention is to have the stand, of Whatever form or construction it may be, connected to the iron, to avoid the objections existing against the use of separate stands, such as the injuring of the face of the iron by falling heavily on the stand, also the scratching of it by sliding thereon, and also the liabilityof the stand being lost, and the tendency of the iron to lose its heat is avoided; and this I consider to be What distinguishes my invention from all other sad-irons and stands. It is not absolutely necessary that the stand be afiixed to the heel of the iron, for it may be applied to one edge, if preferred, or partly on the edge and partly on the top; but generally it Will, probably, be as Well or better to apply it to the heel. Although the legs Will be heated when the iron is, they will not burn the table, because of being so small and the ends so eX- tended from the iron as not to conduct a sufficient amount of heat thereto unless the iron be greatly overheated.

I claimas my invention- The combination of a stand With a sad-iron, the said stand being connected to it substantially as specified. i FREDERICK MYERS.

Witnesses:

R. A. VAN RENssELAER, J As. ATKINSON. 

